• Venezuela and Iran offer diesel at nearly free prices, charging just $0.004 and $0.006 per litre respectively, the lowest globally.
• Libya leads Africa with diesel priced at only $0.028 per litre, making it the third cheapest worldwide.
• Six African countries—Libya, Algeria, Egypt, Angola, Nigeria and Sudan—feature in the global top 20 for the lowest diesel prices.
• Nigeria ranks 17th globally, with diesel priced at $0.658 per litre, despite recent subsidy removals and price hikes.

• Over six MPC meetings from February to November 2024, the MPR rose cumulatively by 875 basis points, ending the year at 27.5%.
• The pace of increases slowed after March: from 200 bps (Feb–Mar) to just 25 bps (Sept–Nov), reflecting a tapering hike strategy.
• Since November 2024, the CBN has maintained the rate at 27.5% across four consecutive MPC meetings into July 2025.
• The 2024 cycle was dominated by aggressive rate hikes aimed at stabilising inflation and exchange rate volatility.
• The CBN’s interest rate strategy appears more restrained in 2025, indicating a possible pause phase in the monetary policy cycle.

• Anambra’s IGR grew sevenfold in 16 years, reaching ₦42 billion in 2024.
• A ₦26B to ₦42B jump in just six years (2018–2024) indicates accelerating growth.
• The most dramatic jumps occurred post-2018, pointing to possibly new fiscal reforms or policies.
• Between 2014 and 2024, revenue grew by over 300%, from ₦10B to ₦42B.

• Gabon leads with 18.7% of its population being immigrants, the highest in Africa.
• Equatorial Guinea follows with 16.4%, also driven by oil-related labor demand.
• Djibouti (12.1%) and Libya (12.0%) round out the top four with migrant shares over 10%.
• South Africa has the highest immigrant population in Southern Africa at 4.8%.
• Most African nations still record under 5% immigrant share, indicating modest migration levels continent-wide.

1. The United Arab Emirates tops the list with immigrants making up 88% of its total population.
2. Qatar follows closely with 87% of its residents being immigrants.
3. Kuwait (73%) and Bahrain (55%) also feature prominently, showing a regional trend where nationals are a minority and foreign workers form the economic backbone
4. Middle Eastern dominance in the top rankings highlights how the Gulf region’s economic model is heavily dependent on imported labor and expatriate populations.

• Nigeria leads Africa in pay TV subscribers, with 9.69 million, followed closely by South Africa, which has 9.28 million.
• Together, both countries account for nearly 40% of the continent’s total pay TV subscribers.
• Kenya holds third place with 2.89 million subscribers.
• Central African Congo (2.04M) and East African Uganda (1.77M) are becoming key pay TV growth zones.
• Tanzania’s 2.27 million subscribers underscore the country's growing media consumption, particularly in urban centres.
• Côte d’Ivoire and Angola, with 1.38 million and 1.06 million, respectively, demonstrate growing demand even in relatively smaller economies.

• DStv is expected to remain the market leader by 2028, with a 28.26% share, despite a decline from 36.27% in 2019.
• StarTimes’ share is projected to remain relatively stable, around 24.9% by 2028, underscoring consistent consumer demand.
• Canal Plus is growing, increasing from 16.2% in 2019 to 19.76% by 2028, showing its expanding influence in Africa.
• Smaller players, such as StarSat and Easy TV, will continue to hold marginal but stable positions across the continent.
• The overall pay TV market in Africa is fragmenting, with top platforms losing dominance as competition intensifies.

• Administrative & support services showed the highest percentage increase at 21.07%.
• Agriculture is the largest sector by GDP value, at ₦59.31 trillion.
• Trade is the second largest sector by GDP value, at ₦37.81 trillion.
• Real estate is the third largest sector by GDP value, at ₦28.96 trillion.
• Other services experienced negative growth, decreasing by -1.17%.
• Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply recorded the lowest positive growth at 0.56%.

• Total Trade Volume in Q1 2025 stood at ₦36.02 trillion, with exports totalling ₦20.6 trillion and imports at ₦15.4 trillion, resulting in a surplus of ₦5.17 trillion.
• Crude oil dominates Nigeria’s export trade, accounting for the largest share of export revenue. -
• Other petroleum oil products are also a major export item, reflecting the significance of both raw and refined oil-based commodities in Nigeria’s trade portfolio. -
• On the import side, manufactured goods dominate, showing Nigeria’s continued reliance on foreign machinery, technology, and consumer goods.
• While Nigeria exports mostly raw and oil-based products, it imports refined, processed, or industrial goods, indicating a structural trade gap and limited local industrial capacity. -
• Agricultural and raw material goods feature on both sides of trade, but their value is significantly less than petroleum-related trade.

• India is Nigeria’s largest export destination Nigeria exported ₦2.84 trillion worth of goods to India in Q1 2025, driven largely by crude oil.

• China dominates imports into Nigeria China supplied ₦4.66 trillion worth of goods, far outpacing all other countries. Likely dominated by electronics, machinery, and manufactured goods.
• The United States appears on both sides. Nigeria exports ₦1.54 trillion to the US and imports ₦1.42 trillion, showing a relatively balanced trade relationship.
• European countries are major export Partners Netherlands (₦2.30T), France (₦1.44T), and Spain (₦1.44T) are prominent export destinations, indicating strong demand for Nigerian crude oil and other commodities in Europe.
• UAE barely makes the import list. The UAE closes out the top import list at ₦0.61 trillion, showing relatively lower trade volume compared to others, but still significant enough to be in the top 5.

- Kenya led with 90.1 percent account ownership in 2024.
- Mauritius (89.6 percent) and Ghana (81.2 percent) also in top 3.
- Nigeria ranked 11th at 63.3 percent; Tanzania fell short at 59.8 percent.
- Only 14 African countries exceeded the 60 percent inclusion benchmark.
- Another 14 African countries have no recent data in the Global Findex

• Nigeria’s FAAC revenue increased 49% YoY in March 2025 (₦1.68T vs ₦1.12T in March 2024).
• February 2025 saw a 48% increase YoY (₦1.70T vs ₦1.15T in February 2024).
• April 2025 revenue rose by 41% YoY, moving from ₦1.12T in April 2024 to ₦1.58T.
• January 2025 showed no YoY change, recording ₦1.42T in both 2024 and 2025.
• The consistent growth in H1 2025 FAAC revenues signals improved government revenue mobilisation, better oil/non-oil collections, and higher capacity for states to meet obligations.